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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479960803321

Titolo

Gender, family, and economy [[electronic resource] ] : the triple overlap / / Rae Lesser Blumberg, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newbury Park, Calif., : SAGE, c1991

ISBN

1-4833-2541-5

1-4522-5249-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

SAGE focus editions ; ; 125

Altri autori (Persone)

BlumbergRae Lesser

Disciplina

306.3/615

306.3615

Soggetti

Sexual division of labor

Sex role

Work and family

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Theories illuminating the "triple overlap" -- part II. Theories and data from Third World peoples -- part III. Contrasting conceptualizations of the household -- part IV. Gender, money, and housework.

Sommario/riassunto

The 'triple overlap' refers to the link between gender stratification, the household and economic variables. In this volume, leading sociologists examine this overlap as a totality, providing theoretical concepts and new research on how the triple overlap works, both inside the family and within the broader context of society. Their competing conceptions of the interrelationship of gender, family and economy are bolstered by empirical papers which raise questions of culture, class and race within the contexts of both the developed and developing worlds. Six of the articles in this volume were